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captainbob got a reaction from Cathead in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
I finally got a start on the Mariefred. The drawings I received from the museum in Stockholm were the best drawings I have ever received. When I get drawings of a boat the first thing I do is scan them into my computer and open them in an ancient copy of AutoCad. Then I check length, breadth and height as though I were designing her. Usually there are errors that must be corrected. But these drawings lined up and were correct. When designing a boat the designer draws one side of each bulkhead these then have to be redrawn and each one needs to be mirrored to make a full width bulkhead. These are then transferred to and cut out of wood sheet and mounted on a board. That is where I am at the moment.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from KeithAug in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
I finally got a start on the Mariefred. The drawings I received from the museum in Stockholm were the best drawings I have ever received. When I get drawings of a boat the first thing I do is scan them into my computer and open them in an ancient copy of AutoCad. Then I check length, breadth and height as though I were designing her. Usually there are errors that must be corrected. But these drawings lined up and were correct. When designing a boat the designer draws one side of each bulkhead these then have to be redrawn and each one needs to be mirrored to make a full width bulkhead. These are then transferred to and cut out of wood sheet and mounted on a board. That is where I am at the moment.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from Mirabell61 in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
Nils, My preference is to build in 1:48 but I live in a smaller house now. Now I build to keep the finished boat less then 15" long.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from druxey in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
Nils, My preference is to build in 1:48 but I live in a smaller house now. Now I build to keep the finished boat less then 15" long.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from yvesvidal in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
I finally got a start on the Mariefred. The drawings I received from the museum in Stockholm were the best drawings I have ever received. When I get drawings of a boat the first thing I do is scan them into my computer and open them in an ancient copy of AutoCad. Then I check length, breadth and height as though I were designing her. Usually there are errors that must be corrected. But these drawings lined up and were correct. When designing a boat the designer draws one side of each bulkhead these then have to be redrawn and each one needs to be mirrored to make a full width bulkhead. These are then transferred to and cut out of wood sheet and mounted on a board. That is where I am at the moment.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from Jack12477 in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
Thanks, Dr. That's one of the things I like about MSW, There are people all over the world who can and are willing to help.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
Well I see I'm going to have to be careful with this build. There are too many people who have seen and/or been on her. Well, at least when I get confused there will be people who can hopefully answer my questions.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
Russ, I believe the main parts of the boat are wood. But in some pictures such as one picture of the bow the spray guard on top of the rail is dented so it is metal.
Welcome aboard, Michael and Nils. I hope this turns out to be another ‘fun build”.
This is a picture dated 1903. I will try to build to this time.
Bob
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
Thank you Roger. I just realized from looking at one of the drawings that she is built of metal. I had just opened this to correct my earlier statement. Be that as it may, I am going to build her of wood.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from popeye the sailor in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
I finally got a start on the Mariefred. The drawings I received from the museum in Stockholm were the best drawings I have ever received. When I get drawings of a boat the first thing I do is scan them into my computer and open them in an ancient copy of AutoCad. Then I check length, breadth and height as though I were designing her. Usually there are errors that must be corrected. But these drawings lined up and were correct. When designing a boat the designer draws one side of each bulkhead these then have to be redrawn and each one needs to be mirrored to make a full width bulkhead. These are then transferred to and cut out of wood sheet and mounted on a board. That is where I am at the moment.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from Captain Poison in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
I finally got a start on the Mariefred. The drawings I received from the museum in Stockholm were the best drawings I have ever received. When I get drawings of a boat the first thing I do is scan them into my computer and open them in an ancient copy of AutoCad. Then I check length, breadth and height as though I were designing her. Usually there are errors that must be corrected. But these drawings lined up and were correct. When designing a boat the designer draws one side of each bulkhead these then have to be redrawn and each one needs to be mirrored to make a full width bulkhead. These are then transferred to and cut out of wood sheet and mounted on a board. That is where I am at the moment.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from hexnut in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
I finally got a start on the Mariefred. The drawings I received from the museum in Stockholm were the best drawings I have ever received. When I get drawings of a boat the first thing I do is scan them into my computer and open them in an ancient copy of AutoCad. Then I check length, breadth and height as though I were designing her. Usually there are errors that must be corrected. But these drawings lined up and were correct. When designing a boat the designer draws one side of each bulkhead these then have to be redrawn and each one needs to be mirrored to make a full width bulkhead. These are then transferred to and cut out of wood sheet and mounted on a board. That is where I am at the moment.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from IgorSky in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
I finally got a start on the Mariefred. The drawings I received from the museum in Stockholm were the best drawings I have ever received. When I get drawings of a boat the first thing I do is scan them into my computer and open them in an ancient copy of AutoCad. Then I check length, breadth and height as though I were designing her. Usually there are errors that must be corrected. But these drawings lined up and were correct. When designing a boat the designer draws one side of each bulkhead these then have to be redrawn and each one needs to be mirrored to make a full width bulkhead. These are then transferred to and cut out of wood sheet and mounted on a board. That is where I am at the moment.
Bob
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captainbob reacted to michael mott in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Thanks for all the positive comments.
I am beginning to sort out the lifeboats now that a few distractions are completed and mailed. I decided to set them up in some small rectangles of homasote so that each will be able to be handled as an independent model so that I can fix the davits and lines while off the ship model.
The small bits of card are some test pieces of card painted for replacing the missing seats in some of the lifeboats. I had thought of using some strips of Evergreen initially but they would not be as the original which are card. The interesting thing is some of the loose pieces when flipped over one can see that the model makers back in the day that this model was made must have simply cut up some packaging.
Quite a few of the lifeboat seats have sagged into a curve some quite a lot, the painted card in also quite brittle, when i attempted to flatten one of the loose seats the paint fractured. Hmmm now the dilemma is do I replace all the curved seats.
some of the davits are seriously bent, and will need some delicate straightening.
Something I noticed while writing this post was a pleasant surprise, Judy had called me from the library and asked me about the weather it is snowing so I clicked on the weather tab without changing tabs and lost the post which was almost ready to submit. I was annoyed at myself and used the back button to see if it was still there and it appeared to be gone, I told myself off.
I went to rewrite the post and it all came back with a comment that it was restored!
So thank you for that Admin, I have lost a few in the past, this is a nice feature.
Michael
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captainbob got a reaction from mtaylor in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
Tom, Sorry but I missed your post. Your boat does look very much like the Mariefred.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from Omega1234 in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
Tom, Sorry but I missed your post. Your boat does look very much like the Mariefred.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from Omega1234 in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
Thanks John, it should be a fun build. And if I run into trouble there seems to be a lot of people here that are familiar with her.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from Omega1234 in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
Thanks, Dr. That's one of the things I like about MSW, There are people all over the world who can and are willing to help.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from Nirvana in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
Tom, Sorry but I missed your post. Your boat does look very much like the Mariefred.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
Dave, Up next is the SS Mariefred a little passenger boat, possibly a ferry but nothing says so, that operated between Stockholm and Mariefred in Sweden.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from Piet in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
From four simple tubes and a few small pieces, comes such beauty. Well done.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from Piet in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
So much detail in such a small space. The funnels are great.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from Piet in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
She's looking good, John. Such a nice little boat.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from mtaylor in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
Thanks John, it should be a fun build. And if I run into trouble there seems to be a lot of people here that are familiar with her.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from mtaylor in SS Mariefred by captainbob - 1:96
Thanks, Dr. That's one of the things I like about MSW, There are people all over the world who can and are willing to help.
Bob